Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic motivated individual. They will have their main base at Frimley Park Hospital and be required to share in 24/7 out of hours emergency provision. Experience working in healthcare chaplaincy is an essential requirement.
They will join the Trust-wide Chaplaincy Department of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Chaplaincy Department provides pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, their relatives and carers and staff within the Trust. They will work as a generic/inclusive Chaplain and their approach will be person-centred and collaborative. Working well within a team is central to the role and you will work with the Lead Chaplain and the current team of Chaplains and Trust Volunteers.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has three main sites: Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey; Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire; and Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire. The Trust also provides services from a number of satellite sites including Farnham Hospital and Heathlands Centre in Bracknell and Fleet Community Hospital.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve:
- Working with the current team of Chaplains and Trust Chaplaincy Volunteers in extending the provision of care in challenging situations.
- Providing specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences and practices.
- Sharing in daytime weekday duties which are from 8am to 4pm.
- Sharing in the out of hours on-call rota every day of the week.
- You will primarily at Frimley Park Hospital but be expected to work at other sites depending on operational demands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across faith and belief boundaries
- Working knowledge of faith and belief systems other than one’s own, and the ability to apply this knowledge in a diverse context
- Skilled at designing, facilitating and leading services of worship in a wide variety of settings
- Digital and verbal communication skills desirable for effective communication of information within the organisation and with the public
Desirable
- Pastoral supervision skills
- Volunteer management skills
- Counselling skills
Experience
Essential
- Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
- Experience in facilitating rites and meeting spiritual needs according to service user’s own faith/belief group
- Experience of training, supervising and managing volunteers
- Experience in the pastoral care of bereaved people
- Experience in the pastoral care of terminally ill people
- Experience in crisis work such as pastoral care following traumatic injury, death and major incidents
- Experience of collaborative working in a diverse multi-faith/belief setting
Desirable
- Experience of providing teaching on spiritual care to healthcare professionals
- Experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy
- Experience of pastoral care of staff under pressure
- Experience in the pastoral care of people bereaved of children and experience of death through pregnancy loss, still birth, and neonatal death.
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal Theological Qualification or equivalent to degree level or equivalent.
- Endorsement for the role by a faith or belief group as defined by the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health.
Desirable
- Registered as a Board-Certified chaplain with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy
- Member of the College of Health Care Chaplains and/or The Association for Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains
- Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy
- Qualification in Clinical Pastoral Education
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This advert is for Chaplain with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Camberley, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS. The contract type is Permanent: Working out of hours on-call seven days a week is essential (Monday to Sunday). Part time hours may be considered.. The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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